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Vancouver, WA – Clark County Assessor Peter Van Nortwick is urging owners to ensure that their property meets the definition for commercial farmland if it is enrolled in the “Current Use Farm and Agriculture” program.

Van Nortwick said the county recently audited 510 parcels and found 35 failing to meet state requirements for farmland receiving special tax status. As a result, 24 owners received bills averaging about $38,000 each...

Vancouver, WA – Recent work by the County Assessor’s Office shows home prices rising and difficulties among owners decreasing in 2014.

Those trends are reflected in annual Notice of Value statements set for mailing this week. The notices report market values as of Jan. 1, 2015, as required by state law. Values for 2015 will be one factor in calculating property taxes for 2016.